One of the most important aspects of a public private partnership is communication between the private and public sector partners. During contract negotiations, the local government should ensure that appropriate reporting requirements are established with the private sector partner. These requirements would include reports related to progress, operations, management and financial details. Depending on the scale of the project and its end users, the reporting requirements may differ. In most cases, reporting is done on a scheduled basis (i.e., weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly or a combination of these depending on what is being reported). Reporting is important for the local government as it allows for effective monitoring of the progress, successes and failures of a public private partnership project.